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The Paycheck Protection Program—the emergency small business loan program established by the CARES Act—has provided a much-needed safety net for businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. However it hasn’t been an entirely smooth ride for those involved. ...

After weathering a historically volatile month in March, trading activity on OTC Markets abated somewhat in April, reflecting a relative calmness in market conditions compared to the previous month.
Trading volume on OTC Markets decreased in April, and nearly all of the market’s most...

The performances of precious metals have diverged wildly in 2020.
Spot gold is up 15% year-to-date (as of May 19) and is flirting with eight-year highs as concerns about global economic growth drive demand in the safe haven. Silver, which is coming off an 11-year low hit in March, has...

The markets for gold, silver, and other precious metals have been as volatile over the last two months as they’ve been at any point in history.
The worldwide spread of COVID-19 has sent gold rallying to 7-year highs. Silver, meanwhile, sold off to an 11-year low in March before...

As the global economy has come to a halt, a select few industries have actually benefited from the global quarantines and stay-at-home orders.
Grocery stores and wholesalers like Kroger Co (NYSE: KR), Walmart Inc (NYSE: WMT) and Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ: COST) all saw increases in...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic changes in market behavior, as traders and investors try to grapple with the short-term and long-term implications of a pandemic.
Dollar trading volume on the two top tiers of OTC Markets—the OTCQX Best and OTCQB Venture Markets—rose 15% and 14...

The silver lining of economic recessions is they can often give birth to new technologies and ways of doing business.
For example, the proliferation of the industry we now call fintech can be traced directly back to the financial crisis of 2008-09, as the near-collapse of our financial system led...

With the world at a COVID-19-induced standstill, many conference organizers have either gone online (Benzinga is one of them) or had to cancel upcoming events altogether. There is no clear timetable on how much longer we will be in this state.
Publicly traded companies are already limited in when...

In addition to causing chaos in markets and economies around the world, the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has put the biotechnology and health care industries under the microscope.
Suddenly, hundreds of such companies are redirecting resources in an effort to find a vaccine or treatment that...

Investors and financial professionals looking to better understand the corporate structure of U.S. banks now have a new tool at their disposal.
OTC Markets Group recently announced the availability of data that visually displays the corporate structure for more than 550 U.S banks that trade on OTC...

At a time when markets are more volatile than at any point since the 2008 financial crisis, it’s critically important for company executives to be in contact with investors. Some investors will get a chance to hear directly from major ADR issuers later this week at the first Deutsche Bank...

A trio of catalysts in recent weeks has sent shockwaves through the markets. And though it's too soon to tell how the coronavirus will impact the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve’s emergency 0.5% rate cut has immediate ramifications for the banking sector.
The 10-year U.S....

The spread of the coronavirus and its impact on the global economy drove a significant uptick in trading volume on OTC Markets, according to data from OTC Markets Group.
With investors concerned about the implications of a global pandemic, over $31 billion worth of shares traded on OTC Markets in...

Each year, OTC Markets releases its OTCQX Best 50, an annual ranking of the top 50 companies on its top market tier, OTCQX. The list is based on an equal weighting of one-year total return and average daily dollar volume growth.
2019’s top performer is Canadian silver mining company New...

Nearly $24 billion worth of shares traded on OTC Markets last month, down about 2% from December.
There were a number of significant volume increases in individual securities throughout the month, with the most notable being the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTCQX: GBTC).
Trading volume in GBTC more...